We found it painfully frustrating that Barkley didn’t get more playing time at The World Cup. If you’re good enough you are old enough and this guy was easily one of the best players in the squad for Brazil.

We think that wherever he plays he is going to be one of the stars of The Premier League this season and, although we feel that he’s likely to remain his current club for now, Manchester City may make an offer which is simply too good to refuse. But, to do that they would probably need to offload players first, in order to stay within the FIFA FairPlay guidelines.

Let’s have a look at the lad in action. Manchester City fans: can Barkley be as good as Toure?